Another Nuit Blanche à Montréal is upon us – mark your calendars for the weekend of March 2/3, 2013 for the annual all-nighter, with events hosted by 185 cultural hot-spots in Montreal. Again this year the Belgo is a beehive of activity and a great location to take part in a myriad of activities in one location. Here is the official list of Nuit Blanche events in the Belgo – I’ll add the unofficial ones as I track them down.
See you all soon!

Espace 122 and 124

Nuit blanche Diss Torsion
Dance

The troops from the Montreal-Paris dance school showcase their breathtaking urban dance moves, while Diss Torsion presents a one-on-one breakdance battle competition with the talented DJ Neeko Killa on the decks. Everything will be projected live on giant screens.

9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
www.disstorsion.com

 

 

Studio 303, space 303

EDGY – All Nuit Long
Cinema

EDGY All Nuit Long launches the 20th anniversary ART/SPORTS/GENDER edition of the EDGY WOMEN festival (March 2-10). All are welcome to play dress-up and pose in our interactive photo booth and enjoy a screening of short films on stereotypes from the worlds of art and athletics.

9 p.m. 3 a.m.
studio303.ca

 

Centre des arts actuels Skol, space 314

MAXX HQ in SD
Performance

Albertan artist Wednesday Lupypciw invites the public into her flamboyant homemade decor and gets ready sew a rhinestone on the clothing of each visitor, then onto her own. It’s an all-night DIY bricolage and textile-based experience, with drinks, music, snacks and camaraderie!

8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
www.skol.ca

 

Engineers Without Borders, space 404

A night without borders: 4th edition
Cinema

For four years now, the Montreal chapter of Engineers Without Borders Canada has presented a different perspective on Africa, a continent where the organization has worked for over 10 years. This year, they invite you to a screening-discussion on human development. Join us and spend the night discussing the major challenges facing our societies!

7 p.m. to 3 a.m.
www.polymtl.ewb.ca/nsf2013

 

Visual Voice Art Gallery, space 421

Tracing Thirty
Visual Art

Tracing Thirty is a re-enactment and performance with audience participation. In a fusion of live drawing and a screening of the film 13 Going on 30, artist Jaclyn Meloche traces the actions of the main character directly onto the gallery walls. Gallery visitors are invited to join her and together create an aesthetic interpretation of a female role model.

8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
www.visualvoicegallery.com

 

ARPRIM, space 426

New Troglodytes
Visual Art

New Troglodytes, an animated and immersive installation by Toronto-based artist Philippe Blanchard, becomes a musical performance hall for the night. Red, blue and green strobe lights activating silkscreen animations will be synchronized to the rhythms of Montreal-based musicians including Drainolith, Hobo Cubes and The World Provider.

8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
www.arprim.org

 

SBC Galerie d’art contemporain, space 507

The image factory
Visual Art

As part of its program on sovereignty, SBC presents Harun Farocki’s Respite, with footage from a film shot in a Dutch labour and “transit” camp in 1944, and November, Hito Steyerl’s study of her teenage friend Andrea Wolf, who was later executed by Turkish police and became an icon of martyrdom at Kurdish protests.

8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
www.sbcgallery.ca

 

Galerie Trois Points, space 520

Collective Painting
Visual Art

A collective painting will be created throughout the evening, started by our visitors and completed by young painter Scott Everingham at the end of the night. Enjoy this great opportunity to discover the work of this talented young Toronto-based painter, who creates large and colourful abstractions and whimsical landscapes with his expressive brushstrokes.

9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
www.galerietroispoints.com

 

Diego Piccini da Todi, space 523

Incarnation III – Les femmes fleurs
Exhibitions

Incarnation 3 is dedicated to the eternal spring, to all the women of the Earth–these fragile, glorious yet sad beings facing this terrain of infertile and withered bellies, this gloomy and exhausted nature.

7 p.m. to 2 a.m.
www.piccinidatodi.com

Galerie Donald Brown, space 528

Lycanthrope Finissage
Exhibitions (Not part of official program)

Artist Jim Holyoak will transform the gallery walls during a live painting performance, accompanied by the musician Nick Kuepfer.

9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
www.galeriedonaldbrowne.com

 

Les Territoires, space 527

10, Coconut Beach Drive
Performance

In need of sun, sand beaches and holidays? Take some time off and have your picture taken by professional artists in front of idyllic landscapes! The photographs will be used to create a collage on the walls of the “photo studio” created in the gallery, bearing witness to your exotic escapades. Cocktails and palm trees will complement the evening.

8 p.m. to 3 a.m.
www.lesterritoires.org